Psalms 50:14
50:14 Present to God a thank-offering!
Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Psalms 50:23
50:23 Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me.
To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
Psalms 141:2
141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,
my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
Hosea 14:2
14:2 Return to the Lord and repent!
Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity;
accept our penitential prayer,
that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
Malachi 1:11
1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,”
says the
Lord who rules over all.
John 4:22-24
4:22 You people
worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.
4:23 But a time
is coming – and now is here
– when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks
such people to be
his worshipers.
4:24 God is spirit,
and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Philippians 2:17
2:17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.
Philippians 4:18
4:18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
Hebrews 13:15-16
13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have,
for God is pleased with such sacrifices.